1748: Agness Bweye on Religion, Freedom and Women’s Secular Identity
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/08/23
“I grew up in a family where I have never seen my dad attending any church or mosque.”
“After my high school when I went back home I stopped going to church again until I joined university then I went three or four times to church because I like singing and the choir so much but eventually I stopped for good.”
“I remember when I was 8 I went to a seventh day Adventist church with my older brother and the preacher was speaking so ill of women and people who pierce their ears.”
“So for me, religion didn’t make sense since I was young I think because I was raised in a less religious family it was not about too much questioning but just my freedom as a human being without any affiliation to church or any other religion.”
“My biggest influence was my dad and uncles who didn’t care about what people thought of them not going to church.”
“About books, I just read different types of them to get knowledge on world matters but my journey is hundred percent influenced by my family and myself searching for freedom of living without adhering to any religious morals or conducts.”
“I think the most important thing is self-reflection first, these women should really know who they are and what they want in life because the society especially in my country it is not so friendly to people who are non-believers.”
“It’s not always an easy task since sometimes it is so heartbreaking to be judged wrongly simply because you don’t believe like others but if it comes from within these women will be as happy as any other and they won’t take themselves as losers or sinners.”
“They can involve themselves through doing activities to society which save humanity from extremism such as helping the need, educating people who are extreme irrational or extreme radical because extremism is a problem which makes people die, kill and it cause all sort of problems.”
“I would tell women who are unsure or those who question religion that it is totally normal and okay they shouldn’t doubt themselves because they are questioning irrelevant beliefs and religion because there is a tendency of being too harsh on oneself simply because you are asking yourself questions which touches your core beliefs as a person, and there is also a pain of losing a supernatural power to lean on and think for yourself.”
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